Progressive Party of Iceland

The Progressive Party is a liberal political party in Iceland that was founded in 1916. The party was founded to represent Iceland's rapidly dwindling farmer class, and the party was popular in rural areas; it was almost always the second-largest party in the country. From 1995 to 2007, it was partners with the Independence Party of Iceland in a coalition, and its views came to include populism and Euroscepticism, drawing its views further to the right.